Medalist at the World Speed Skating Championships Evgenia Lalenkova told that she was expecting her second child.
Before this season, Lalenkova announced her retirement. Their son Nikita is already growing up in their family with coach Evgeny Lalenkov.
— Zhenya, what are you doing now? We’re talking about maternity leave.
“Yes, I am halfway to my new victory,” Lalenkova told , confirming that she is expecting her second child. — I work a little at the TFR, judge of competitions in Moscow, in the future to obtain the All-Russian judicial category, which allows me to become the chief judge of high-level competitions. I look at the results of our athletes. I also followed the Dutch selection. I can’t say that the Dutch were very impressive, with the exception of Irene Schouten. The person is not afraid to get tired and goes to their qualifying round and wins the marathon, then also runs within 3 seconds of the world record set in Salt Lake. I wonder what will happen in the season.
As for ours, we are more interested in the women’s 1500 and 3000 m (distances), now everything has stabilized, so every start is interesting to know who will get on the podium. I’m a little sad about the results so far. But here you have to wait, because many people run at personal bests, which means they are growing gradually. Additionally, many still lack confidence.
So I haven’t lost my interest in skating, but I won’t go back. In December, at the Russian Championship, there will be a farewell ceremony to the sport. The plan is to make it a tradition and prevent athletes who have been performing at a high level for a long time from quietly disappearing into the shadows. And the athlete himself will also have the opportunity to say goodbye to the public.
— What do you think about the fact that many leaders are missing the Russian Cup stage in St. Petersburg?
— In St. Petersburg you can run selectively, I wouldn’t skip the start completely. But in this rink the ice is open, everyone chooses for himself, if one Cup is enough for him to qualify for the multi-athlon stage, then this is his conscious decision.
Source : MatchTV
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